Brazil signs multinational agreement for certification of maintenance organizations

On June 7, Brazil’s Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC, in Portuguese) ratified Brazil’s accession to the Multinational Agreement for Aircraft Maintenance Organizations (OMAs, also in Portuguese). Developed within the scope of the Regional System of Cooperation in Operational Security Surveillance (SRVSOP, in Portuguese), the document already has the participation of 11 countries in the Latin American region. Signed by ANAC’s President Juliano Noman and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Regional Director Fabio Rabbani during the 11th Pan American Aviation Safety Summit, organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), the agreement will enable certified maintenance organizations in Brazil to be equally recognized by all member countries, based on a single audit carried out by the SRVSOP. Thus, the workshops will be able to serve operators from all over the region without additional certification costs. Air operators will also benefit from the agreement, having a greater number of certified maintenance organizations on their trip operators abroad. The agreement is the first project promoted by the SRVSOP, supported by ALTA and ICAO, to achieve the harmonization of LAR 145 – Aeronautical Regulation in Latin America 145, specifically aimed at maintenance organizations. The countries that make up the Regional System of Cooperation in Operational Security Surveillance (SRVSOP) and that are part of the OMAS Multinational Agreement are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The results already show that about 90% of the specialists declared their harmonization with the surveillance system, and the next steps foresee the alignment of air navigation services and aerodromes, the multinational certification of aircraft and components, as well as the continuity of the work in the automatic validation of aeronautical personnel licenses. For ANAC’s CEO, Juliano Noman, the multinational agreement expands borders for Brazilian maintenance organizations that are already able to compete and occupy a prominent space in the international scenario. “Brazil has aviation recognized throughout the world for its quality and safety. Our maintenance organizations have the capacity to offer excellent work to any air operator and this multinational agreement opens the door for that to happen”, he said. In Noman’s assessment, ANAC has sought to provide these business opportunities. “The Simple Flight Program has already brought several actions aimed at simplifying and modernizing the air sector, and the Agency will continue to make efforts to ensure a regulatory environment that allows the safe development of Brazilian aviation”, highlighted the president of the Agency. – https://www.gov.br/anac/pt-br/noticias/2022/brasil-assina-acordo-multinacional-para-certificacao-de-organizacoes-de-manutencao